Twenty-three. Anhua fixed meter

The seventh year of the lunar calendar, in late August, the outer autumn comes.

The sky is tile blue.

The decree sent by the imperial court, Yu Zhou Xun, arrived in Qingzhou after a lot of hardships. In the central army camp in the north of Anhua City, he read the imperial edict in public and praised the meritorious generals. After a stale of incense, the long ceremony was finally completed. Zhao Ze led the generals under his account to call long live the decree to thank him.

He finally made a difference. Zhou Xun, who was over half a hundred years old, took a long breath, shook his sleeves, and smiled more or less on his face. Zhao Ze was ordering someone to send wedding money. Yu Zhou Xun waved his hand and said, "Zhao Zhao Zhao, let's not do this. I just want to say a word to you!"

"Please speak, my lord, and the last general will listen carefully!" Zhao Ze answered with a comfortable expression.

Yu Zhou Xun saw that Zhao Ze was calm and calm and did not have any arrogance. He was happy and said, "Now that the enemy is in front of the present, not to mention the army of Liaoning, the Xixia Party has rekindled the war at the border gate. I think this jackal is not small. It not only destroys my city, but also kills my people. Fortunately, there is a successor in Huanzhou. Zhao Zhao asked for Use soldiers like gods to defeat the Xixia people to the ground"

"The old man is flattered. This is the result of the concerted efforts of the generals. The last general is just planning from the side and dares not be proud of himself." Zhao Ze modestly said a few words.

Yu Zhou Xun nodded with satisfaction, pulled Zhao Ze, and whispered, "I will send a message to Lord Zhao on behalf of the current queen Chitose."

"Please speak, my lord"

"This year, Liaogou is aggressive and has extraordinary combat effectiveness, which is simply incomparable with the Zhenzong Dynasty. Therefore, the meaning of Queen Qiansui means to quickly repel the Xixia Party and then return to the King of Beijing. Can you do it?"

"I believe that our border troops will definitely repel Xixia in the end," Zhao Ze replied simply. "However, the situation on the battlefield is unpredictable, and the main force of Xixia's army is still there. According to the prisoners we captured, Xixia sent 200,000 troops this time, and we only ate 50,000 of them. Old lord, you have also led the troops to understand the shortcomings of our army. Even if we want to fight a decisive battle with the Xixia people and decide the outcome of the first battle, they may not agree. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Well, I don't understand. Our army lacks war horses, the march is slow, and we can't catch up with the Xixia cavalry. It is difficult to fight head-on. However, the capital is in danger. The queen Chisui has ordered to mobilise 25 soldiers and horses to return to Beijing. Huanqing Road is the best for the elite soldiers in the Northwest Border Army to return to Beijing earlier. Therefore, I want to hear Zhao Zhao's opinion, and I have a good idea in mind."

"Well, since the old man has opened his mouth, I will try my best to defeat the Xixia people in a short time, and then return to Beijing King."

After getting Zhao Ze's personal promise, Yu Zhou Xun was in a much better mood. Before leaving, he asked Zhao Ze about Zhao Ze's next countermeasures. Zhao Ze meant that when he had explored the trends of the Xixia people, he would march to Luoshui and cut off the Xixia army that penetrated into Yan'an Prefecture and forced him to withdraw from the Great Wall Ridge.

Yu Zhou Xun felt that Zhao Ze's plan was not bad, so he was relieved and left Qingzhou in the afternoon of the same day to take a boat south to return to Beijing.

On the 19th, Zhao Ze officially took office as Huanqing Road. The next day, he visited several villages in Qingzhou along Hebei. After a field visit, he found that a place in Qingzhou was also flooded. Many villages along the coast were destroyed, and the displaced people were in a miserable situation. Coupled with the war some time ago, the corpses and the wilderness followed It can be seen everywhere. In order to appease the people in the country before the next expedition, after returning to the city after the inspection on the same day, Zhao Ze asked Teng Zijing of Zhizhou to quickly mobilize 3,000 soldiers and horses to repair houses for the disaster-stricken homeless people, and bought a large number of clothes, food and fodder to protect themselves for the victims.

At the same time, it was also ordered to exempt the people's tax in Gyeongju for half a year to rest and recuperate.

Zhao Ze's people-friendly behavior made Teng Zijing of Zhizhou very surprised and moved. In his memory, he thought that only his good friend Fan Zhongyan had this courage. Unexpectedly, this young rising star would have a way to govern. Therefore, he was determined to help him and benefit the people.

On the 20th, Zhao Ze ordered Chao Fang, Zhao Shilian and Wu Feng to lead troops to clean up nearly a thousand unclaimed skeletons and corpses in Qingzhou and gather them in the underground tomb in the west of the city. At the same time, a notice was posted to tell the people to pay attention to disaster prevention in the war. The deceased must be buried quickly to prevent the outbreak of a plague. If they are unable to be buried, they can report to the government, and someone will deal with it immediately.

On the 21st, Zhao Ze visited the two counties of Heshui and Pengyuan in Qingzhou continuously, listened to the report of the local county, learned about some difficulties they encountered, and ordered to help them solve them immediately. At the same time, Zhao Ze also warned them to love the people like children, if anyone dares to do it during his expedition. The people's resentment boiled and shook the army's heart. At that time, Zhao Ze's kindness and power really played a role. Before long, the people of the two places basically returned to normal life. At the same time, the story of Zhao Ze sending troops to drill wells for the local people began to spread as a good story among the people.

On the 22nd, the pre-war meeting of Anhua City. The attendees were Qingzhou Teng Zijing and Fan Chunyou; Zhao Ze's generals Yang Wenguang, Mu Yunhan, Di Ning, Lu Jun; Zhang Zai, Jiao Yan, Jiao Zhenhua, Ren Qian; Chao Fang, Li Tiegun, Chen Shun, Teng Xiong, Tang Lin; Liu Hu, Zhao Shilian, Wu Feng, Wu Lang, Wu Xia; Niu family leader Nu Yi, the leader of the party department Su eats the bag; Ouyang Chun, Xu Zhu, Zhang Hu, Zhao Long.

This military meeting was held in the residence of the lord of Zhizhou in Anhua City.

Hosted by Zhao Ze, he told everyone: "Colleagues, the army of Liao has hit the door, and the people of Xixia have also come. They all want to destroy us, want to become their slaves, and want to take away our women, our children, our house, and everything we have. What do you want to do? What should I do?"

Zhao Ze's words immediately aroused everyone's anger. A stunned young man like Xu Zhu immediately jumped up and shouted, "Mom, I'm at par with Xixia dog."

Zhao Ze smiled and motioned Xu Zhu to sit down. Then he turned to Teng Zijing, a magistrate of Qingzhou, who was sitting on his right, and asked, "Lord Teng, what do you think we should do!"

Teng Zijing, who was born in the first year of Chunhua in the Northern Song Dynasty, is now also a gray-haired old man. When he was young, he was also ambitious. Wen Tao's martial arts strategy was just that he had a bad fate for many years for many years, and it was always not smooth. Now he has come to work. He wants to be brilliant before entering the earth, and he is willing to die. With today's scene, Teng Zijing He stood up in high spirits, bowed to the generals present, and said, "Your colleagues in Huanzhou, Teng, although he is old, is also a hot-blooded man. The people of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhao Zhao asked the officials and Xixia people how to deal with the invasion. Teng thought that such unconvinced Fanbang barbarians could only hurt him. Only then will he bow down and dare not make trouble again. Well, my words are over. Zhao Zhao asks you to continue!"

After Teng Zijing sat down, Zhao Ze continued, "Lord Teng said very well. Like the barbarians of Liao and Xixia, they should be killed. It's better to kill them without leaving any armor. The purpose of our gathering here today is to discuss how to kill these beasts. Well, listen to me now. Speaking of the plan, if there is anything lacking, please point it out. We must come up with countermeasures before dawn tomorrow to launch a counterattack against Xixia!"

Zhao Ze's words made everyone present smile and relaxed a lot, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

After three hours of discussion, the counterattack plan against Xixia has basically taken shape, and the mobilization of soldiers and horses of each team is as follows:

Teng Zijing guards the rear of Anhua, Qingzhou Prefecture.

Fan Chunyou led 5,000 soldiers from Qingzhou to the east to Pozhou, and cooperated with the king turtle of Pozhou to sweep both sides of the Hulu River from the adults to ensure that the Xixia cavalry would not make a detour from behind.

Yang Wenguang, Mu Yunhan, Di Ning and Lu Jun led 5,000 troops to the north, and took the wooden cattle and horses to attack from Pingrong Town, controlling the front line of the south bank of the Luoshui River and preventing the Xixia army from going down the river and defending the right wing.

Zhang Zai, Jiao Yan, Jiao Zhenhua and Ren Qian led 10,000 troops out of the north of Dashun City for ten miles, took over Yang Wenguang's troops and guarded the left wing.

Liu Lu and Zhao Shilian led an army of 6,000 prisoners in Huanzhou to cut wood and build long guns in Fengchuan Town to prepare to deal with the Xixia cavalry.

Chao Fang, Li Tieqiang, Chen Shun, Teng Xiong, Tang Lin, Wu Feng, Wu Lang, Wu Xia; Nu Yi, the leader of the Niu family, Su Cibag, the leader of the Party, and other eleven generals acted with Zhao Zezhong's army.

Ouyangchun, Xu Zhu, Zhang Hu and Zhao cage hall escorted grain and fodder.